| Avane Postal Savings Cancellations on Pakke-Porto Stamps |  Top |
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245572 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Postal Savings "fiscal" cancellation: "(Landsfogeden) i Nordgrønland" crown and straight-line in violet (Wowern "purple") VF strike on Scott #Q6 [20 øre Pakke-Porto, Perforation 11.5] Used with XF centering, with a additional blue crayon horizontal line cancellation. Single strike of this large postmark, excellent to the extent that it can fit on a single stamp. Listed by Wowern in GF1 1988 on page 60. While not a numbered "Avane" cancellation, this served the same purpose and was mostly only used for the savings system. Wowern noted that additional blue lines are typical with this cancellation. The Wowern 1988 value for this cancellation is 300, double the value of the most common Avane numeral cancellations. This cancellation is not often seen, and when it is seen, it is usually only a partial strike such as this one. An very nice example! ACTUAL item. |
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26.00 |
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400135 "View Image"){kind=small} |
1927 Savings Book Type I [Gray Cover, known used ca.1927] Used by one Jaas Svane with Avane #1 Violet cancellations of AGTO -- this is cancellation number is in the mid-range of scarcity/value. [Agto (now Attu) is on a small island on the southwest coast, opposite Baffin Island of Canada. What was considered "northern" Greenland at the time is still fairly far south.] The cancellations strikes range from SUPERB to Fine, with most being VF, XF, or Superb. The book contains FIFTEEN (15) 20 øre Pakke-Porto stamps (Scott #Q6) with the #1 cancellation. The stamps appear to be from the 1926 (3rd) printing [light red color, medium-thick paper, overall size of stamps slightly larger than the 1927 (4th) printing]. The centering of the stamps ranges from Superb to XF to VF to F-VF, with at least half VF and better. The first stamp on the first page is Superb with a Superb cancel -- many others are also very nice. Two stamps have perforation defects; four others have slight stains that are typically seen on stamps in savings books (people did not always wash up between cleaning fish and doing other daily tasks). Six of the stamps have Wowern-listed plate varieties: Fa (in book position 7), Fb (8), Ff (1, 2, 9), and Fh (15). The book was redeemed on 16 January 1927 which further supports that the stamps are from the 1926 printing. The second page of the book has a beautifully scripted -- and then crossed out -- 5 December 1927 (long after the book was redeemed) note about further savings activity. This book is in very fresh and an in excellent condition. The fact that it only contains "only" 15 stamps makes it more affordable! I have only previously offered a SINGLE EXAMPLE of the #1 Avane cancellation on the website (in 2006). The break-up value of the stamps in the book with the #1 Avane cancellations, taking all quality factors into account, is approximately $470. An outstanding example of the operation of the Greenlandic postal savings system in northern Greenland. |
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244140 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Avane #31 (Nugatsiak) violet, VF well-struck, postal savings cancel on Fine+ Q6. Unusually nice example of the cancellation (#31 is often either blurry or has manuscript lines through it) -- much better than usual. ACTUAL item. |
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32.00 |
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245575 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Avane #31 (Nugatsiak) violet, Superb, well-struck and a little angled and off to one side, postal savings cancel on Scott #Q8a [1930 1 kr Pakke-Porto, Perforation 11.5] with F-VF centering. The stamp has Wowern-listed "Hb" PLATE VARIETY: "colored spot in left foot of right K" from sheet position 8. While this Avane number is not "rare", it is much less often seen on the 1 kr stamp, and certainly not such an attractive example. ACTUAL item. |
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245576 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Avane #33 (Prøven) violet, Superb, well-struck, very well centered, postal savings cancel on Scott #Q8a [1930 1 kr Pakke-Porto, Perforation 11.5] with Superb centering. The stamp has Wowern-listed "Hd" PLATE VARIETY: "colored line on left side of upper right bird" from sheet position 17. While this Avane number is not "rare", it is much less often seen on the 1 kr stamp, and certainly not such a nice strike! A beautiful example. ACTUAL item. |
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245570 "View EXACT ACTUAL Image"){kind=small} |
Avane #36 (Tugssak) in either black or light-violet-black, only Fine strike but the "36" is quite clear. Though light, is almost perfectly centered postal savings cancel on Scott #Q8a [1930 1 kr Pakke-Porto, Perforation 11.5] with F-VF centering. Additional blue crayon line as often seen in the savings books. The stamp has Wowern-listed "Ha" PLATE VARIETY: "italicized E in PAKKE" from sheet position 7. While this Avane number is not "rare", it is a little scarcer than some others, and it is much less often seen on the 1 kr stamp! This example is the only one I have recorded having with this cancellation color. ACTUAL item. |
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39.00 |